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Acute colonic diverticulitis in a community-based hospital: CT evaluation in 138 patients

✍ Scribed by Rathachai Kaewlai; Kenneth J. Nazinitsky


Book ID
106282652
Publisher
Springer
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
324 KB
Volume
13
Category
Article
ISSN
1070-3004

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In a prospective study of 123 patients with clinical signs of acute intestinal inflammation, the sensitivity of ultrasonography in diagnosing acute colonic diverticulitis was 84.6% and the specificity 80.3%. The predictive value of a positive and a negative sonogram was 76.0% and 87.7%, respectively